greenland annexation rhetoric
Denmark says it will defend Greenland as Trump threatens to revive NATO crisis
At the Ankara summit Trump renewed his claim that Greenland 'should be controlled by the United States, not by Denmark' and suggested pulling US troops from Europe; PM Frederiksen vowed to 'defend every inch of NATO' and eight European states issued a joint solidarity statement July 7. Drove Denmark alliance 2 to 0 and fed the US alliance downgrade.